10:21
وَإِذَآ
wa-idha
And when
أَذَقۡنَا
adhaqna
We let [the] mankind taste
ٱلنَّاسَ
al-nasa
We let [the] mankind taste
رَحۡمَةٗ
rahmatan
mercy
مِّنۢ
min
after
بَعۡدِ
ba'di
after
ضَرَّآءَ
darraa
adversity
مَسَّتۡهُمۡ
massathum
has touched them
إِذَا
idha
behold
لَهُم
lahum
They have
مَّكۡرٞ
makrun
a plot
فِيٓ
fi
against
ءَايَاتِنَاۚ
ayatina
Our Verses
قُلِ
quli
Say
ٱللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
أَسۡرَعُ
asra'u
(is) more swift
مَكۡرًاۚ
makran
(in) planning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رُسُلَنَا
rusulana
Our Messengers
يَكۡتُبُونَ
yaktubuna
write down
مَا
ma
what
تَمۡكُرُونَ
tamkuruna
you plot
٢١

No sooner do We let people taste some mercy after some hardship has afflicted them, than they begin to scheme against Our revelations. Say, ‘God schemes even faster.’ Our messengersrecord all your scheming

Translation 1260

10:22
هُوَ
huwa
He
ٱلَّذِي
alladhi
(is) the One Who
يُسَيِّرُكُمۡ
yusayyirukum
enables you to travel
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡبَرِّ
al-bari
the land
وَٱلۡبَحۡرِۖ
wal-bahri
and the sea
حَتَّىٰٓ
hatta
until
إِذَا
idha
when
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you are
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡفُلۡكِ
al-ful'ki
the ships
وَجَرَيۡنَ
wajarayna
and they sail
بِهِم
bihim
with them
بِرِيحٖ
birihin
with a wind
طَيِّبَةٖ
tayyibatin
good
وَفَرِحُواْ
wafarihu
and they rejoice
بِهَا
biha
therein
جَآءَتۡهَا
jaatha
comes to it
رِيحٌ
rihun
a wind
عَاصِفٞ
asifun
stormy
وَجَآءَهُمُ
wajaahumu
and comes to them
ٱلۡمَوۡجُ
al-mawju
the waves
مِن
min
from
كُلِّ
kulli
every
مَكَانٖ
makanin
place
وَظَنُّوٓاْ
wazannu
and they assume
أَنَّهُمۡ
annahum
that they
أُحِيطَ
uhita
are surrounded
بِهِمۡ
bihim
with them
دَعَوُاْ
da'awu
They call
ٱللَّهَ
al-laha
Allah
مُخۡلِصِينَ
mukh'lisina
sincerely
لَهُ
lahu
to Him
ٱلدِّينَ
al-dina
(in) the religion
لَئِنۡ
la-in
(saying) If
أَنجَيۡتَنَا
anjaytana
You save us
مِنۡ
min
from
هَٰذِهِۦ
hadhihi
this
لَنَكُونَنَّ
lanakunanna
surely we will be
مِنَ
mina
among
ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ
al-shakirina
the thankful
٢٢

It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are sailing on ships and rejoicing in the favouring wind, a storm arrives: waves come at those on board from all sides and they feel there is no escape. Then they pray to God, professing sincere devotion to Him, ‘If You save us from this we shall be truly thankful.’

Translation 1260

10:23
فَلَمَّآ
falamma
But when
أَنجَىٰهُمۡ
anjahum
He saved them
إِذَا
idha
behold
هُمۡ
hum
They
يَبۡغُونَ
yabghuna
rebel
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
the earth
بِغَيۡرِ
bighayri
without
ٱلۡحَقِّۗ
al-haqi
[the] right
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
yaayyuha
O mankind
ٱلنَّاسُ
al-nasu
O mankind
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
بَغۡيُكُمۡ
baghyukum
your rebellion
عَلَىٰٓ
ala
(is) against
أَنفُسِكُمۖ
anfusikum
yourselves
مَّتَٰعَ
mata'a
(the) enjoyment
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
al-hayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
إِلَيۡنَا
ilayna
to Us
مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ
marji'ukum
(is) your return
فَنُنَبِّئُكُم
fanunabbi-ukum
and We will inform you
بِمَا
bima
of what
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you used (to)
تَعۡمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
do
٢٣

Yet no sooner does He save them than, back on land, they behave outrageously against all that is right. People! Your outrageous behaviour only works against yourselves. Take your little enjoyment in this present life; in the end you will return to Us and We shall confront you with everything you have done

Translation 1260

10:24
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
مَثَلُ
mathalu
(the) example
ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ
al-hayati
(of) the life
ٱلدُّنۡيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
كَمَآءٍ
kamain
(is) like (the) water
أَنزَلۡنَٰهُ
anzalnahu
which We sent down
مِنَ
mina
from
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
al-samai
the sky
فَٱخۡتَلَطَ
fa-ikh'talata
so absorbs
بِهِۦ
bihi
[with] it
نَبَاتُ
nabatu
(the) plants
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
al-ardi
(of) the earth
مِمَّا
mimma
from which
يَأۡكُلُ
yakulu
eat
ٱلنَّاسُ
al-nasu
the men
وَٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمُ
wal-an'amu
and the cattle
حَتَّىٰٓ
hatta
until
إِذَآ
idha
when
أَخَذَتِ
akhadhati
takes
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
al-ardu
the earth
زُخۡرُفَهَا
zukh'rufaha
its adornment
وَٱزَّيَّنَتۡ
wa-izzayyanat
and is beautified
وَظَنَّ
wazanna
and think
أَهۡلُهَآ
ahluha
its people
أَنَّهُمۡ
annahum
that they
قَٰدِرُونَ
qadiruna
have the power
عَلَيۡهَآ
alayha
over it
أَتَىٰهَآ
ataha
comes (to) it
أَمۡرُنَا
amruna
Our command
لَيۡلًا
laylan
(by) night
أَوۡ
aw
or
نَهَارٗا
naharan
(by) day
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهَا
faja'alnaha
and We make it
حَصِيدٗا
hasidan
a harvest clean-mown
كَأَن
ka-an
as if
لَّمۡ
lam
not
تَغۡنَ
taghna
it had flourished
بِٱلۡأَمۡسِۚ
bil-amsi
yesterday
كَذَٰلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
نُفَصِّلُ
nufassilu
We explain
ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ
al-ayati
the Signs
لِقَوۡمٖ
liqawmin
for a people
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
yatafakkaruna
who reflect
٢٤

The life of this world is like this: rain that We send down from the sky is absorbed by the plants of the earth, from which humans and animals eat. But when the earth has taken on its finest appearance, and adorns itself, and its people think they have power over it, then the fate We commanded comes to it, by night or by day, and We reduce it to stubble, as if it had not flourished just the day before. This is the way We explain the revelations for those who reflect

Translation 1260

10:25
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
يَدۡعُوٓاْ
yad'u
calls
إِلَىٰ
ila
to
دَارِ
dari
(the) Home
ٱلسَّلَٰمِ
al-salami
(of) the Peace
وَيَهۡدِي
wayahdi
and guides
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ
yashau
He wills
إِلَىٰ
ila
to
صِرَٰطٖ
siratin
(the) straight path
مُّسۡتَقِيمٖ
mus'taqimin
(the) straight path
٢٥

But God invites [everyone] to the Home of Peace, and guides whoever He will to a straight path

Translation 1260